workplace-stories

Employee receives gossipy message about her from coworker by accident: 'She really grinds my gears'

Ben Weiss

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‘It’s time you pay': University employee gets fed up with dean's refusal to accommodate students' needs, prints out free textbooks for students that cost thousands

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Take it up with HR': Employee confronts coworker after she monitors their bathroom breaks and claims they are taking too long

Bar Mor Hazut

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'It was the sweetest revenge I had ever seen': Sandwich shop employee quits on the spot, delivers uniform back to manager with "no excuses"

Remy Millisky

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Job seeker gets flown out to an interview and meets the successful candidate who already started in the role: 'Dude has only been there about a week...'

Brad Dickson

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Laid off truck driver finds a better job, old employer panics asking him to come back: 'The boss can't find another driver'

Brad Dickson

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'Already seeing why there's a high turnover rate': Manager disrespects student worker, pressures him to stay late twice in his first week

Ben Weiss

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Boss wants to cut marketing worker's pay to save money: 'I’d go from about $1000 a month to $200'

Brad Dickson

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CEO gifts employees $25K after working for 25 years, coworker going on 27 years gets snubbed: 'I've been working here 27 years and all I got [...] was a plaque'

Ben Weiss

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‘The system makes no sense’: New hire refuses to accept company's payroll system, accusing manager of withholding his pay

Bar Mor Hazut

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New boss accuses sick worker of scamming the company, backfires: 'They were absolutely NOT prepared for someone to know more about their claims than they did'

Brad Dickson

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New boss ruins everything, derails a high-functioning team, leading to key employee's departure: 'For a 0% raise I'm giving 0% effort'

Brad Dickson

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New manager fires on-site team member and orders remote worker to work on-site instead: 'I said no'

Brad Dickson

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'Thanks for nothing...': Part time employee fills in for full time coworker, boss chastises him for going the extra mile instead of thanking him

Sienna Varady

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'Boss blames me for her forgetfulness': Healthcare worker calls out manager for never solving tech issues in front of entire team as payback

Ben Weiss

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Job applicant gets scheduled for an interview in 4 hours... a year after applying: 'Today at 2:00 p.m.'

Brad Dickson

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